Committee on Appointments & Promotions
Promotion Information
Below you will find comprehensive information for those seeking promotion. This includes information that might be helpful in understanding how to evaluate a teaching portfolio, information on multiple forms of scholarship, and information on different types of service and how to indicate impact in service.
This also includes Guides to Promotion for faculty seeking promotion. There is a guide for tenured faculty seeking promotion to Full and Full Professor of Teaching. You will also find for a Guide non-tenured/secured contract faculty seeking promotion from Assistant Teaching (or Research) Professor to Associate Teaching (or Research) Professor, as well as a Guide for those seeking promotion from Associate Teaching (or Research) Professor to full Teaching (or Research) Professor.
These comprehensive Guides to Promotion are meant to de-fog the promotion process and include guidance for professional development; their mentoring teams (for Associates); tools for understanding how teaching and multiple forms of scholarship are evaluated; advice on applying for promotion, and guidance for putting together the nomination package.
This information is geared towards candidates as well as nominators and advocates.
Overall, the documents below are to help candidates, nominators, advocates, and others learn more about the promotion processes at WPI.
Information on COAP CVs, Teaching Portfolio Evaluation,
Multiple Forms of Scholarship, and Service
- CV Instructions (Spring 2023)
- COAP format for CVs (Spring 2023)
- Rubric for Evaluating Teaching and Teaching Portfolios
- Scholarship Matrix for Multiple Forms of Scholarship
- Service and Engaged Citizenship Matrix
Promotion to Full Professor or Professor of Teaching
- Guide for Promotion for Associate Professors (Dual Mission) (Updated Spring 2023)
- Guide for Promotion for Associate Professors of Teaching (Created May 2023)
- COAP TTT Information Sessions:
- Promotion Criteria for Promotion to Full Professor (Dual Mission)
- Promotion Criteria for Promotion to Full Professor of Teaching
- WPI ADVANCE Canvas Resource Repository for Associate-Rank Faculty (includes example promotion dossiers)
Promotion to Full Teaching (or Research) Professor
- Guide to TRT Promotion Associate to Full Professor (Updated Spring 2023)
- COAP TRT Information Sessions
- Promotion Criteria for Promotion to Full Teaching Professor
- Promotion Criteria for Promotion to Full Research Professor
- WPI ADVANCE Canvas Resource Repository for Associate-Rank Faculty (includes example promotion dossiers)
Promotion to Associate Teaching (or Research) Professor
- Guide to TRT Promotion Assistant to Associate Professor (updated Spring 2023)
- COAP TRT Promotion Information Session
- Promotion Criteria for Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor
- Promotion Criteria for Promotion to Associate Research Professor
- WPI ADVANCE Canvas Resource Repository for Associate-Rank Faculty (includes example promotion dossiers)
Information for Professors of Practice
- Procedures for Reappointment of Professors of Practice (Updated May 2023)
- COAP Information Sessions:
Information for Department Head Reviews
Other Information
Committee Members, Minutes, & Reports
2025-2026
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
- Membership Roster (PDF)
- Annual Report (PDF)